arsenide
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- noun
- /ˈɑːrsənaɪd/
- Specialized
- Quantum detectors are based on the photoelectric effect and are produced from III-V or II-VI semiconductors such as gallium arsenide and mercury cadmium telluride.
- gallium arsenide
- indium arsenide
- aluminum arsenide
Examples
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Gallium arsenide is commonly used in the production of high-efficiency solar cells.
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There used to be a saying that 'gallium arsenide is the future of transistors... always has been... always will be.'
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Let us recall some relevant parameters of gallium arsenide.
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But their focus gradually turned toward the development of Si and gallium arsenide devices for solar-cell applications.
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There's been a resurgence of interest in gallium arsenide over the last few years.
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Direct-bandgap materials, such as gallium arsenide and related compounds, are typically used in optoelectronic applications because of their strong absorption and emission of light.
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Beautiful examples of multi-exciton states have been observed in self-assembled indium arsenide/gallium arsenide QDs.
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The current optical drives use gallium arsenide semiconductor lasers that emit in the 690-nm wavelength region.
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The properties of arsenide compounds make them valuable in semiconductor applications.
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Researchers studied how gallium arsenide can improve the performance of electronic devices.
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Etymology
The word arsenide comes from arsenic and the chemical ending -ide, which marks a compound, as in chloride or oxide. So an arsenide is arsenic 'combined with' another element, which is why names like gallium arsenide refer to materials made from arsenic plus a metal.